Tonight, we have a completely packed show
With two "walking dead" television programs
We're gonna talk about.
It's a mega "talking dead" home edition.
First of all, we're gonna talk about the incredible
Midseason finale of "fear the walking dead,"
Then we're gonna jump over and talk about, uh,
The very revealing things that happened
On "walking dead: World beyond," what with two episodes to go
Before their season finale.
We have interviews from the set,
We have not one but two, two, two in memoriams,
And we're gonna talk about what's in store for both shows.
So let's talk about cast members.
We have lennie james, who, of course, is morgan.
We have colman domingo, who is strand.
Then from "world beyond,"
We have annet mahendru, who plays huck.
We have hal cumpston, who's silas,
And aliyah royale, who plays iris,
So let us get into this. I am chris hardwick,
And welcome to mega "talking dead" home edition.
♪♪
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Colman domingo and lennie james joining us!
Oh, what a fantastic episode.
What a fantastic season of "fear" it has been.
We found out
Where they've been keeping grace all this time.
We had these amazing, gruesome taxidermy walkers.
We don't know whose side strand is actually on.
I -- probably strand's, is my guess.
Morgan has a new weapon, a new look, a new plan.
And so let's just get right into it.
Lennie, at the beginning of the season,
Morgan tells virginia morgan jones is dead.
How would you describe this morgan?
This morgan is I think is morgan on a mission.
I think he has...
He -- he know-- he's a guy, he knows what he needs to do
In order to save the people that he cares about,
And he knows who he needs to be in --
And in this incarnation, he's dressing for the part.
I mean, he is literally putting on the garbs of a paid killer,
Someone who's paid to do a job
Because that's the mission he's on.
And I think he's hoping that when the job is done,
Once he's taken off emile's clothes,
That hopefully he can return to himself.
But we'll just have to wait
And see whether or not that's possible.
Colman, what is going through strand's mind
When he sees this morgan alive?
Well, utter shock, first of all,
I feel like, you know, last I knew,
He was shot in the chest and left for dead,
And it's just a surprise because I think
That strand has been operating in the system
That virginia has set up.
And I think that that's a system
That strand can understand, sort of a corporate structure,
And I feel like he can find agency in that way.
And so the morgan element of it,
He didn't, um, factor in
Because that throws a huge wrench
Into the way he's trying to operate
And use their people, you name it,
To -- to gain some sort of agency
In virginia's settlement.
So I think it's a -- it's a surprise element,
And it throws a little wrench in --
In the old plans. [laughs]
What does it say about morgan, where he's at now, lennie,
That he killed all these rangers?
I think it's -- it's proof positive
That he's not just talking the talk.
He is also walking the walk.
I think he is --
It is a measure of just how dangerous a man is,
And I think that the way they -- they manifested that
In this episode is...
Gave it the full weight
That it kind of deserved, to a certain extent,
Because you didn't see him do it.
It's -- it -- you learn what he's done,
And then when you back--
If you backtrack and think about it,
He moved into the middle of I think
It's eight or nine rangers with his ax-headed stake,
And they're on horseback and they're armed,
And he took them all out.
And he took them all out and left -- left them to turn.
And that puts morgan in a, you know, the --
Whatever you see on the -- on the exterior of the man,
That is a measure of what is going on inside him
And what his determination is and what --
And how far he's willing to go
In order to carry out his mission,
Because that's -- that's dark.
It's really dark,
And you can see the moment it happens earlier in the season
When the bounty hunter says, "you're not gonna --
You're not gonna kill me," and morgan --
And morgan just takes his head off with his own weapon,
Which, by the way,
I think we could refer to as ax headroom.
Can we just call it ax headroom from now on?
[laughs] I like ax headroom.
One of the things that I'm --
It's always fun to be, like,
A -- a long-time fan of "the walking dead."
It's like, how do they up the game each season?
How do they show us walkers we haven't seen?
And the creepy taxidermy, the augmented, like, deer head
And weird eye and patchwork walkers
Was such -- it was the kind of thing
Where my wife, lydia, and, colman, you know her,
Was like, "oh, yeah, we -- I want one of the, like -- "
You know, like, she wants a crazy walker head
With the antlers and the weird eyes
And everything.
I mean, why not?
[laughing] right? Right?
Um, so we spoke to "fear the walking dead"'s
Ian goldberg and andrew chambliss,
Who, of course, are the showrunners
And the executive producers,
Um, about ed and his creations,
And they wanted to share this exclusive with the fans.
So this is from ian and andrew.
"we've talked about how with these anthology episodes,
We can tell stories in different genres,
And this episode, we were leaning toward horror
And in particular, 'texas chain saw massacre.'
We name the character ed after ed gein,
The real-life serial killer who inspired 'chainsaw,'
And the taxidermist walkers
Were an outgrowth from that kernel of an idea."
What would you like to see, uh,
A walker accessorize with that we haven't seen before?
Lennie, is there anything that we --
That you feel like the show has yet to do?
Oh, wow. [laughs]
My brain with this is totally weird.
Yeah. My brain went all over the place, as well.
I'm going to say I'd quite -- not quite like.
I'm in-- I'd be interested to see
Walkers augmented with weapons
That somehow, just their movement
Either makes bullets fly or that their -- their body,
A bit like the taxidermy guy, ed, did,
But actually, it's with -- it's with weapons.
Scissorhands or something like that.
Colman, what about you?
It will be interesting to see
Some really, you know, that demographic of people
Who get a lot of plastic surgery done
And have had augmented breasts, augmented butts,
And just see those walkers
And see a walker still with...
That's on one of those, like, plastic surgery nightmare shows?
...Plastic surgery still with --
Yeah, I feel like that would be a true nightmare to see,
Like, you know, a walker with a big, old butt
Or, like, big, old fake boobs, you know what I mean?
I feel like...
[laughter]
You might want to see that.
Who doesn't want to -- I do now.
Well, we're going to take a quick break.
We're gonna have more with lennie and colman.
We're gonna learn what's in store for the second half
Of the season for "fear the walking dead,"
And then later, we're gonna be joined
By "the walking dead: World beyond" cast.
But first, before you realize that grace has been in a shed
The entire season so far,
Let's slow things down and take a final farewell
From all those we've lost tonight.
♪♪
Welcome back to "talking dead" home edition.
I am here with lennie and colman.
Um, lennie, what do you think is going through morgan's mind
When alicia threatens to leave with dakota and charlie?
It's actually -- that moment is -- I think is...
An -- an example of the saving grace of -- of morgan
In -- in where he's at, that he hasn't gone too far,
That he hasn't --
He hasn't felt that he's in charge in that way,
That he can't force them to stay with him,
And that whatever rage and violence he has,
He's not directing it towards people that he cares about.
He hasn't lost himself that much.
I think the fact that he says,
"I can't -- I can't watch you walk away from me again,"
Is a measure of how much they mean to him,
And he says, "it doesn't work if we're not all there together."
And -- and that's -- that's what he set his sights on,
And -- and that's what he's --
That's what he's working towards.
And it is interesting that he does have hope.
Like, this is a morgan -- this is battle morgan,
But he also has hope for the future.
But it is interesting that dwight brings up
A very good point at one point during the season
Where he says, "how many times have we heard this before?"
You know, where it's like, "no, no, no.
But this place -- this place will be the place."
Why do you think he's so convinced
That this place will be the place?
I think because it's the first place
That is naturally safe.
You know, it's not on -- it's not on the map.
It's, you know, you could go -- you could walk straight past it
And not know that it's there.
It is hard to -- it will be hard to invade.
I think he does genuinely feel that he's found a place
From which we can decide what our futures are.
And -- and I -- and I absolutely --
I smiled every time dwight said that line.
You know, we've heard all this before,
And that's part of morgan's mission,
Is to convince everybody that this time it's different
Because it is.
Colman, how do you feel about the standoff
Between strand, alicia, and morgan?
It's is like we're starting to see these characters we love
Kind of have competing motives,
I guess, is a good way to put that.
I think it's actually compelling
To see characters that you care about
At a crossroads with each other,
Um, the idea of holding weapons up to each other,
And I think all three mean it.
You know, I think that --
I think that we talked about that a lot.
Like, who -- who throws the weapons first
And why, and then who backs down?
Because we really wanted to get that right
Because I think it's --
It should be kind of painful, as well, I think.
I think it's -- I think it's painful for the characters
To see, like, "oh, these people who are my people
Would be willing to, hey, um, kill me."
And I have to say,
I might be able to do that, too.
And I think the thing that I know about strand is that
He's naturally not a killer,
But I think that he will...
He will fight for his survival in some way,
Even if it hurts him. Right.
So I think -- I think the thing that hurts the most is
The alicia being put up to him, but also morgan,
Because he knows what --
The morgan that he knew wouldn't do that,
But it's a different morgan.
I think we're being -- we're approaching each other.
These are different versions of ourselves,
And I think even in that moment, we're like,
"oh, wow, you're able to do that.
I didn't know you can do that," you know?
So it's a reassessment each time of each other,
You know, what we're capable of.
I think even, like, the strand --
The strand that I know that morgan's met,
He didn't meet the strand of season one through three,
You know -- you know what I mean? Right.
I'm sure -- I'm sure I have some surprises for him.
He's like, "I don't think this strand would do that."
It's also that strand comes,
You know, as much as morgan is, um,
Is cutting a very different shape in the sense
That he's wearing emile's clothes,
Strand is cut in a very different shape
Because he's wearing the garbs of a ranger.
I agree with that because I think that
That's exactly what everyone --
We naturally do that.
We naturally go into our closets
And put on the person that we want to be,
And that changes every single day.
And as long as it's useful, and then you'll let it go
And you'll transform.
And so I think that that's also something --
We all naturally do that, so I understand that.
I think that's a very strand thing, as well, is like,
"oh, this is part of the building
Of who I am in this community,
And this is working for me,"
For as long as it works, you know.
Yeah. It's just, especially when you think about strand
And how clothing has played
Such an interesting part.
Like, when we first see strand,
He's just in this amazing suit,
And he's just had so many --
He also has had so many iterations, as well,
Throughout these six -- and the show itself
Has transformed in so many ways.
And it's, you know,
I just have to say before we go to break,
The show has really locked in
To something incredible this season
That has been such a joy to watch.
You know, when ian and andrew said,
"oh, we're gonna tell these disparate stories
And we're gonna tack them together," I thought,
"oh, is that gonna be weird? Is it gonna feel disconnected?"
And it doesn't at all.
You know, the show has locked in
To such a wonderful place right now.
This throughline of like, do we leave? Do we stay?
We're all evolving. We're making choices.
We're trying to -- you know, do we make sense together
Or have we grown too far apart?
Like, and morgan kind of being this throughline
That turns up and kind of ties everything together.
It's just been such a fantastic season.
I'm really so excited
For what you all have done this year,
So, um, really, really, really amazing work.
Coming up, we're gonna talk about what fans can expect for
The second half of season six of "fear the walking dead,"
Then later, we're gonna be joined
By the cast of "walking dead: World beyond."
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♪♪
Welcome back to "talking dead" home edition.
We are here with lennie and colman.
Um, lennie, you got to direct colman and alycia
In episode 602 called "welcome to the club."
Can you talk about that experience?
The one area I felt like I had some confidence in
Was speaking to the actors and kind of coming up with
What I think actors like to go into a take with,
What they want to hear and -- and how they want to hear it,
And both colman and alycia are very kind of receptive.
And also, I have the experience of -- of the other way around
When colman is -- is directing us,
So I was aware of how he did it
And basically copied him.
I'm not gonna lie.
I just went, "well, that's how colman does it
And it works, so I'm gonna do it,"
And it was almost in quick succession
Because, I mean, in chronological order
Is that, you know, I directed episode two
And colman directed episode three,
And I'm in the beginning of episode three.
I will tell you one thing.
There's a look that every director,
Myself included,
Has on their face by day six of our eight-day shoot
When you're doing something --
It's everything's happening in the world,
And you look like my --
My head's about to pop off my head.
I've seen it on every single director
Except michael satrazemis
Because mikey -- he's just very skilled in that way.
He knows the crazy world,
But there's usually a look on our faces
Where it's like, "oh, my god, what -- what's -- "
Like, you don't understand english anymore
Or what's happening or why you're there,
And the moment I saw that in lennie,
I was like, "it's okay.
That happens to every single one of us.
You're doing great.
If you get to that point, you're doing great."
Yeah, because he was meant for this.
He was -- he was a magnificent maestro.
He's a really great leader,
And I look forward to lennie directing more and more.
Oh, thank you, colman.
...To, 'cause, you know, so this moment
In 602 with sanjay,
Where he just stabs him in the leg
And just, like, throws him to the herd.
I guess it works.
Okay, but hold on.
Before you judge that moment,
Let's remember what sanjay did, okay?
Let's just remember that he was supposed to be there
To -- to open and close that damn garage door,
And he left.
Okay. Okay, you're right. He put himself on the chopping block.
He wasn't gonna survive,
So if he was gonna be used for good,
Be used for good.
So he was useful in this way.
That's the way I justify strand.
It may seem a little sketchy to you,
But it makes much more sense in the bigger picture.
He was doing it for the common good.
That is -- that's a funny and super messed up,
Like, no, they had the opportunity.
You said you wanted to do good.
I am gifting you this --
Basically.
It was the most use sanjay has ever been.
Oh, ever. Poor guy.
The moment I saw him,
He was -- he was all like, "I can't. I can't do that."
I was like, "he's not gonna make it."
I would just look at him.
I feel like strand and alicia just looks at him like,
"how have you survived this long?"
[laughter]
What I did love when I saw the episode,
I loved it so much.
I thought --
Lennie, I thought that direction was gorgeous
When you just had me stand there
And I was like, "I just stand there?"
And the smoke is billowing behind me
And -- and you focused.
It's so dark.
I couldn't -- I can't stop laughing when I think about it.
I'm like, "oh, my god."
In that moment, strand's like,
"this is the (bleep) I have to do,
And this is (bleep)
That I try to protect alicia from seeing me do.
And boy, does it feel good."
I think in that moment, he's saying, "it feels good."
I want to ask lennie -- we're running out of time --
Uh, what do you think morgan would do
If he knew that grace was being kept in a shed
Under virginia's watchful eye?
I think he would walk through everybody
And everything between him and her to get there
And get her out of the shed. Right.
I think that the one --
I think the one saving grace is that it --
Pardon the pun -- is that, um, he doesn't know.
I think if he does know, all bets are off.
He's just -- that's --
That's the only place he's going.
He'd be like the terminator,
And in the end, it will just be his one hand crawling towards --
They'd have to literally cut him to pieces
To stop him getting to her.
So, and again, as I said before,
Just amazing season,
Just such a wonderful seven episodes.
Um, I really think "fear"
So knocked it out of the park this season.
What can fans expect?
Because I know y'all are shooting now.
What can fans expect for the rest of season six?
Uh, let's start with you, colman.
I think that we're doubling down
On what we believe in and what we want,
And the stakes are even higher
About what we will do to achieve them.
And that's, again,
I think falling in love with these people
That you knew --
You know in their hearts, they want to do good,
But they have to adjust to what's laid out, um,
To still get to hopefully achieve that greater good.
But they've got to really do some really horrific things
And they are a bit more fearless about it, I think.
Lennie?
Two things, really.
One is we get to understand the scale of virginia's...
Control of the different encampments
That she has under her umbrella,
Just how far she -- her power spreads out
And how many different communities there are,
And also just a shout out to our stunt team.
There is a stunt that they do in the later episodes
That is old-school hollywood.
It is -- it is no cgi.
It's our stunt, um, team driving, riding, jumping,
Doing it at speed,
Doing -- and controlling the cameras
And doing all of the things that they, you know,
They used to do when people jumped off a stagecoach
Is that the stagecoach run over them
And then pop up at the end and climb back on it.
It is old school like that,
And it -- it was really exciting to do.
And I think they really excelled this season.
Well, it has become a true apocalyptic western,
And -- and I've really been enjoying it.
I can't wait to see the new episodes.
Thank you so much for being here.
I adore you both so much,
And it's so wonderful to see you.
We're gonna take a quick break.
When we come back,
We're gonna have "walking dead: World beyond,"
Because that was also on tonight.
So we have annet mahendru,
Aliyah royale, hal cumpston from "world beyond,"
And we're gonna show you an exclusive sneak peek
Of the two-episode season finale of
"walking dead: World beyond."
We'll be right back.
♪♪
Welcome back to "talking dead."
Okay, so now we're gonna talk about
"walking dead: World beyond."
Uh, I have three cast members here tonight.
Of course, I have hal cumpston, who plays silas,
I have aliyah royale, who's iris,
And of course, annet mahendru, who is huck.
Welcome to "talking dead." oh, my god.
So, you know, I was -- when we were all getting ready for this
And we were testing out our mics and everything,
I was -- I was talking to you, annet,
And I just said, "it's so -- you know, just for so long,
We couldn't really talk about this show,
And now eight episodes have aired."
And I know there's still two left,
But it's such a relief to know what's going on,
To see how the worlds are all tied together,
Because this show in particular,
It is a stand-alone show with stand-alone stories,
But also, if you watch the whole universe
Of "walking dead" shows,
It has the most information about what, you know,
About what's tying everything all together.
And of course, the biggest piece of information
That we've learned is that huck was not exactly --
I don't want to say it's not who she said she was,
But just kind of didn't share some information
About who she was.
Did you -- did you know that huck was a spy
When you first joined the show?
I knew there was gonna be
A really, really big twist, a really big one.
Uh, I had no idea what it was going to be.
They slowly, you know, gave me --
Threw me a couple of bones, like,
"oh, uh, you know, it has to do with crm,
The helicopters."
And I was like, "oh, cool, gonna get to fly a helicopter."
And then it was, "oh, we're casting your mom.
She's the face of crm, and it's julia ormond."
And I was like,
"oh, my gosh, this is getting really intense."
I had no idea.
I thought I was like, chill,
Chill girl who worked her way up, and...
You know, just kept everyone on their toes.
It's like as intense it would get for her,
But, uh, little did I know.
Well, the other big reveal tonight was, of course,
That silas actually killed his father,
And did that backstory, hal,
Did that inform how you played the character?
Did it help you understand him any more?
Um, yeah, for sure.
I mean, it makes sense why he's so,
Like, socially anxious and awkward all the time
Because he had a pretty interesting upbringing.
It wasn't a lot of time
For being able to be a cool teenager
That can talk to different people calmly.
You know, silas seems like he just has such a great heart,
And he's just such a tortured guy.
And he was in circumstances that were not his fault,
And -- and that's really what iris sees him.
Would you say that, aliyah, that that's -- that's sort of
Like the kind of hope that she has for him?
Absolutely.
Uh, iris has heard all of the rumors,
All of the shenanigans
That has gone on at the campus colony,
And she's never let that define
Who she thinks silas is.
It's in these moments that iris really is just
Trusting the people around her, trusting her friendships,
Trusting the bond that she's developed with silas.
All she's asking him to do is believe in himself
The way she believes in him.
Yeah. Um, and, uh, this is for annet.
Do you think there's any part of huck
That feels bad for revealing silas' crush?
I don't -- I don't think she does
Because she -- her whole thing
Is to get people to overcome their trauma
And see the light, and so...
You know, the more she can nudge them,
The more that she can get them
To be honest with themselves
So that they could --
They can start saving the world,
The better it is for all of us.
So she's, you know, she's all about keeping it real.
Yeah.
So just sort of building off that idea,
This is from fearworldbeyond underscore twd.U on instagram.
Aliyah and hal, is there a romantic spark
Between silas and iris?
[ chuckles ] whoo!
I was sort of waiting for it to happen for ages,
And then, like --
Well, we don't know what happens in the last two episodes,
But, I mean, got snagged by percy.
The dog.
[laughs]
I think in this world,
The immediate concerns iris has
Is probably just keeping everyone alive.
I don't even think that she's registering like, "ooh, boys."
Um, but then, you know, percy comes along,
And I think it's even more
Just the badass that percy is that --
That really makes iris go like,
"oh, I want to be as just brave as he is
And as cool as he is,"
That creates that attraction, I'll say.
Just from, like, episode four,
Seeing that relationship
Between silas and iris develop in the school
When they're -- when they're dancing,
I think they're gonna have that,
You know, 'til the end of time.
Well, coming up, we're gonna have more with aliyah
And hal and annet.
We're gonna have an exclusive sneak peek
Of the two-part season finale of "world beyond,"
Uh, but first, before you ditch your walkman
And take a walk, man, let's slow things down
And say a final farewell to all those we've lost tonight.
♪♪
Elton is talking about leaving to go find silas,
And then he mentions that maybe he'll go find his mom
And his little sister
That his mom was pregnant with when she died.
And at that moment, hope doesn't want elton to leave
Because she knows what's out there, that he could get hurt.
So she finally tells him. She's like,
"you can't keep looking for someone that's not there."
When elton learned that hope killed his mother,
It definitely changed elton
Because now he doesn't know who his mother is.
She killed another human being,
And through all that he's learned through her manuscript,
That goes against everything she's ever said.
It breaks him.
I mean, he goes out alone to find silas,
But on that journey, he thinks to himself,
"how can my mother do this? She's a monster.
She's not who I thought she was."
And he's really just conflicted about his mother now.
Welcome back to "talking dead" home edition.
That was nicolas cantu and alexa mansour on the moment
That elton learns the truth about his mother.
We're back with annet and aliyah and hal.
Hal, what do you think it says about elton
That he went after silas?
I mean, elton is just --
I don't know, just super loyal.
Of course, he's like -- he really doesn't have to
Go after silas, but he's just a legend.
So, yeah, I don't think silas would -- would have --
Would have wanted him to do that,
But again, elton is, like, loyal to a fault.
Yeah, and -- and really, it's, you know,
Really seems to be, even though he kind of
Has these things that he's fighting
And these phobias that he's fighting because of,
You know, stuff that happened to him
When everything went sideways, he's a really sweet kid
With a really strong character to do that,
But he doesn't want --
He doesn't want silas to go off alone
Because he doesn't want anyone to feel like --
Like they're alone.
Do you think silas is going to appreciate that?
I mean, yeah, of course he's gonna appreciate it,
But, like, silas as you can see,
Is in a bit of self--
Self-hate going on this episode.
Like, if they do meet up,
I think it might --
It has the -- the possibility
To just make silas feel even worse about the situation.
Aliyah, how do you think iris feels that elton basically says,
"look, you're the closest thing to a leader that we have?"
Does she feel like a leader?
Does she think the group -- the group needs a leader?
How does -- how does something like that land with her?
Even if iris doesn't explicitly call herself
The leader of the group,
She definitely feels that responsibility.
She's felt the weight of that
Since they left the community,
And the first walker they see, she's like,
"I brought us out here. I'm gonna handle that."
And -- and she carries that with her
Every step of the journey, every time that there's danger
Or risk or an opportunity to get past walkers and move
And just continue on the journey.
She's worried that because of her decision to come out here,
That everyone won't make it,
So the fact that elton is like...
"you know that you don't want to lose anyone else,
And that includes silas.
Like, with your vote, you know,
You can keep him here."
It definitely weighs on her heavy
And makes her realize she can either sit back
And let things happen to her, let life happen,
Or she can take that leadership role
And save her friend,
Someone that she really cares about.
I'd say silas is probably the character
Iris grows closest to on the show,
Besides her sister.
Annet, do you think huck legitimately cares about felix
And the kids, or is that a put-on?
Yeah, she's -- she really falls in love.
I mean, even if you're a spy,
You're still --
What makes you a good spy is that you are really human
And that you're really empathetic
And that you can --
You really live in the present moment.
What is the significance of the watch that elizabeth gives her?
Is there more to it than just, "don't be late"?
Oh, she was late.
That's the way her mom, you know, reels her in,
And -- and huck, you know,
She knows what she's doing there.
She's using the dad
To make sure she has control over huck,
But -- but at this point, huck needs a talisman.
She needs --
It's hard on the other side of the mississippi and --
And that is something
That will give her that extra boost.
So she takes it.
Let's -- let's take some questions
From the -- from the internet.
This is from melena welling on instagram.
Hal, what's the biggest difference
Between your character and your real self?
I'm very different to silas in real life.
I guess the one thing is that I don't, like,
Feel socially anxious at all
Or just to say I talk too much and be annoying,
And then silas is the complete opposite.
You know, he's too afraid to talk,
And it's just in everything very different,
Which is good because then I couldn't be too lazy.
I actually had to be an actor and be a different person.
Yeah, I mean, I've heard that you're one of the people
Who keeps keeps -- keeps the mood light on the set.
Oh, I'm so funny.
[laughs]
Well, you -- such a funny guy.
I mean, you know, like, it's such a --
It's such a heavy show.
A lot of things happen, so of course, you would have to
Sort of in between takes, I would imagine,
You guys are -- are you kind of goofing around,
Or are you able to -- do you have to stay in character?
What-- what's it like in between the shots?
No, there's lots of goofing around.
I remember the first like two days,
I was nervous and, like, super out of water,
And, like, was like, "how did I bluff my way into
A, like, multi million dollar american television show?"
But then, like, I don't know. It's with anything.
Then, like, it's like two days in,
And I start getting a few friends
And some inside jokes going on.
And then it's like mucking around.
It is funny when, like,
You have, like, a crying scene, though.
Like, I have -- they, like --
Like, I'm not very good at crying on cue,
So they'd have to blow the, like, smoke thing in my eyes
To make my eyes water.
But then after, like, a crying scene,
I'd go -- I'd walk past craft and see, like, doritos
And be like, [voice breaking] "I just feel like doritos,
And I want to get, like, an ice cream
And all that," like go like --
I haven't actually been crying, but it feels like crying.
So you ate all the doritos!
[laughs]
Well, coming up, we're gonna have a sneak peek of next week's
Two-part season finale of "walking dead: World beyond."
Uh, we'll be right back.
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Welcome back to "talking dead" home edition.
Now it is time for the promised sneak peek of next week's
Two-part season finale of "walking dead: World beyond."
Here it is.
[engine rumbling]
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Here.
You must be hungry.
[chuckles] no lettuce.
You remembered.
So...
How is it going with the asset?
Good.
She's not ready for integration yet.
The timeline can't drag on.
It shouldn't.
The longer you take,
The more exposed you are to potential scrutiny,
However minor the expenditure it entails.
If anyone doubts me,
You remind 'em what I did to my face, my arm...
The days on that goddamn raft...
All to earn their trust in omaha.
You tell them that.
And then to go to hell.
Jennifer -- it's gonna work.
I'll make it work.
I just need more time with the girl.
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Well-done! Oh, my god.
Sneak peek for next week's season finale.
I can't believe we're already at the end of season one
A "world beyond."
Time is flying by.
Um, I want to read a statement from matt negrete.
Uh, this is just about what people can expect
From the two-episode season finale for all the fans,
And here's what matt writes.
"we're gonna learn more about what huck's mission is.
We're finally gonna meet will.
We're gonna see what's going on with the girls' dad
At the crm's research facility.
We're gonna see more of dr. Lyla belshaw,
The sandwich-loving scientist
Who seems to be doing some shady things with empties,
And we're gonna see the group splintered like never before,
As everything they thought they knew about the journey,
Themselves, and each other is turned completely upside down.
There will be a knockdown, drag-out fight,
Perhaps to the death.
There will be surrenders and sacrifices, tearful goodbyes,
New bonds, new enemies and, of course, helicopters.
I seriously can't wait for everyone to see
What's coming up in this finale and beyond."
Uh, well-done, matt negrete.
Um, so as we're kind of wrapping this out, first of all,
I want to thank you all so much for your time for being here,
For being a part of the "walking dead" universe and family.
Uh, we'll just kind of go around the virtual room
And get three words about what you think of the season finale.
Just three words that describe the two-episode season finale.
Aliyah, let's start with you.
Good versus evil. That's really it.
Oh, those are good words. Good versus evil. Perfect.
Annet?
It's gonna be big.
It's not over.
It has just begun, and third thing,
It's gonna get really, really, really hot.
Okay. Okay.
[chuckles] yeah, ooh, really hot.
Alright. Hal, what about your three words?
Exciting...
Big and rick. Oh.
What? Did you say rick?
Was that the third word that slipped out?
Um, no, no, no.
Did you say big? I said big.
Yeah, well, you said like 10 words,
So it's a bit hard not to use yours.
No, but yeah, rick.
Now, that could be rick grimes, rick sanchez.
I don't know. It could be some other rick.
It just could be some dude named rick who is --
You didn't say rick grimes.
It rhymes with "crime" is all I'll say.
Ah, man. Alright. That's a good --
Those are good. That's a good --
Those are good words, hal. Those are good words.
Um, I want to thank you all so much for being here.
Uh, before we say goodbye, though,
I would love to remind everyone
That following the big two-episode season one finale
Of "walking dead: The world beyond,"
We're gonna be doing a "talking dead"
Which will be available on amc+,
So go there for that.
And -- and now let's thank everyone
Who was on mega "talking dead" home edition,
Two of the three "walking dead" shows we covered tonight.
We had lennie james, colman domingo.
We had hal cumpston. We had annet mahendru.
We had a aliyah royale.
Uh, we had you, the audience, for watching.
Uh, I appreciate you so much. Thank you for watching.
And stay safe and healthy out there.
Take care of each other.
I'm chris hardwick,
And this was mega "talking dead" home edition.
Good night.
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